Quote Originally Posted by IanCurtisWishlist
It is synthetic, meaning it was created in a laboratory and not derived from the cannabis plant. It's still the same chemical when it comes down to it. The sesamae seed oil is used because THC is soluable in oils...

When you said ".. person A may feel it in 30 mins, where as person B may have taken them 2 hours ago and still feel nothing... " , this has nothing to do with the fact that the chemical is synthetic. Bottom line is, synthetic or not, it's still Delta-9 THC. It was created in a lab by chemists, but it's still the same chemical that occurs in nature. The only difference is that it was created using technology, not a plant... so it's the same chemical.

Lastly, most drug texts will say what you have pointed out--that the drug can effect people differently. This depends on the individual and again, has nothing to do with whether or not the chemical is synthetic or drived from natural sources.

When you say, "we've established that it's synthetic and not pure," this is misleading. A pure substance may be synthetic. The only way it would not be pure is if it's cut with something else. In essence, marinol is only "cut" with the sesame seed oil and the gel coating, but there is no impurity in the drug which is psychoactive.

again, synthetic = created in a lab by chemists--this has nothing to do with the strength or molecular makeup of the chemical. Synthetic only points to how the chemical was synthesized. Whether it comes from the cannabis plant or is created in a lab (synthesized) , the end molecule is the same-- it's still Delta-9 THC.

Citing RXLIST.COM,:

"Dronabinol, the active ingredient in MARINOL (dronabinol) Capsules, is synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC). Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is also a naturally occurring component of Cannabis sativa L. (Marijuana)."



So synthetic or not, it's the same exact chemical when we examine it on the molecular level.
alot of what you were saying has nothing to do with the 'argument' at hand, because well it wasn't part of the argument that was info intended for the people wanting to try marinol.